Country Calendar

Season 55

Country Calendar is a television series covering rural life in New Zealand. Established in March 1966 and screening every year since, it is New Zealand's longest-running television series. It is currently being shown for 30 weeks of the year at 7 pm Saturdays on Television New Zealand's TV ONE, and older episodes are screened nightly on Sky TV's Heartland channel.

Where to Watch Country Calendar • Season 55

40 Episodes

  • Ruling the Roost
    E1
    Ruling the RoostBiological dairy farmers in Otago grow the most nutrient dense food they can, expanding into free-range chooks & eggs, raised on pasture fed with seawater from the local coast.
  • Milk of Human Kindness
    E2
    Milk of Human KindnessA very busy young farmer is making life easier for lifestyle block owners while also giving everything she can back to the community.
  • A Second Chance
    E3
    A Second ChanceA Northland family adds hydroponically grown berries to their kiwifruit orchard, giving themselves and their staff a secure future they can bank on, supplying to Kiwis and the world!
  • Has Beans
    E4
    Has BeansThe country's first commercial coffee grower found the right bean for New Zealand conditions on a hunch, and his Northland coffee plantation is now on the verge of expansion.
  • Deep Roots
    E5
    Deep RootsThis week, a very busy young farmer is making life easier for lifestyle block owners while also giving everything she can back to the community.
  • The Sweet Spot
    E6
    The Sweet SpotA couple start their own honey business to achieve a better work/life balance for their young family and find the sacrifices they’ve had to make have been worthwhile.
  • The Regeneration Game
    E7
    The Regeneration GameAfter Peter Barrett took over Linnburn Station and ran the numbers, he realized that if he continued farming in the traditional way, he would go broke, so he had to make big changes. Linnburn Station is a massive hill country station in Central Otago’s Maniototo district. The 9300 hectares of land had been in Peter’s wider family since 1954, run first by his grandfather, then his uncle, then by managers.
  • Shear Guts
    E8
    Shear GutsAfter eight months of training, a Central Otago shearer attempts a world record and uses the event to raise awareness about teen suicide after the loss of his 16-year-old daughter.
  • Round the Mulberry Bush
    E9
    Round the Mulberry BushA husband and wife run a Central Otago 'fruit salad' orchard growing a huge variety of heritage berries, stone fruit and pip fruit, including hard-to-find mulberries.
  • Counting Sheep
    E10
    Counting Sheep
  • Mighty Manuka
    E11
    Mighty ManukaA thriving business based on mānuka oil, honey and tea provides an income for dozens of people in the tiny East Cape community, north of Gisborne.
  • Banana Republic
    E12
    Banana RepublicA family uses a growing method called syntropics to produce all their own food on just one hectare of land, and their favourite crop is bananas.
  • Lavender for Luck
    E13
    Lavender for LuckTwo generations of a family develop a lavender farm on the shores of Lake Wanaka where they also grow herbs to create their own range of lavender products.
  • Protein Power
    E14
    Protein PowerA traditional sheep and beef farming family take the plunge into the unknown and start growing quinoa, a crop that few others in New Zealand have attempted.
  • The Shakeup
    E15
    The ShakeupA family finds ways to bounce back and take positives from the earthquake damage their farm suffered, as they make repairs and look to the future.
  • Where the Buffalo Roam
    E16
    Where the Buffalo Roam
  • Mussel Man
    E17
    Mussel Man
  • Black and White
    E18
    Black and White
  • A Family Affair
    E19
    A Family AffairTwo generations of a family run a series of successful ventures including apple and persimmon orchards and a cheese factory, but now they're milking sheep to make high-value cheese.
  • Raining Fruit
    E20
    Raining FruitThe heart of the King Country is an unusual place to grow kiwifruit, but the location means a later harvest, resulting in good prices for a couple who also run sheep and beef.
  • To the Rescue
    E21
    To the Rescue
  • A Bird in the Bush
    E22
    A Bird in the Bush
  • Spinning a Yarn
    E23
    Spinning a YarnA big Wairarapa station overlooking Cook Strait diversifies from tradition to take on new challenges, including traceable meat and honey, tourism and wetland restoration.
  • On the Hop
    E24
    On the HopA sheep farming family in the remote outer Marlborough Sounds diversifies into farming hops, while they future-proof their picturesque farm by retiring marginal land.
  • Wild Food
    E25
    Wild FoodA forager supplies restaurants around the country with food he finds in the wild and says most parts of New Zealand have a diverse range of species that can be foraged year-round.
  • Pastoral Poetry
    E26
    Pastoral Poetry
  • Dan's Back Yard
    E27
    Dan's Back Yard
  • Family Vines
    E28
    Family VinesA family who were pioneers in growing organic kiwifruit have continued to expand their operation over 45 years and now the next generation is deeply involved in the business.
  • A Change of Course
    E29
    A Change of Course
  • The Constant Gardener
    E30
    The Constant GardenerThe COVID-19 lockdown had a silver lining for a North Canterbury family growing vegetables for locals, with demand for home delivered vege boxes soaring through the winter.
  • Town in Country
    E31
    Town in Country
  • Wholly Cow
    E32
    Wholly Cow
  • Where There's a Will
    E33
    Where There's a Will
  • Southern Girl
    E34
    Southern GirlA woman abandons a corporate career to live her rural dream, only to have it nearly ruined by the global pandemic. But she fights back and helps inspire other rural women along the way.
  • Lasting Legacy
    E35
    Lasting Legacy
  • Kelly's Heroes
    E36
    Kelly's HeroesA woman has farmed alone since her husband died in a farm accident 13 years ago, but she gets a lot of community help to restore and conserve the native bush on her land.
  • Home Spun
    E37
    Home Spun
  • Salad Days
    E38
    Salad DaysA couple change career and go market gardening, but their new land turns out to be heavy clay unsuitable for growing. Instead of giving up, they work out how to make it highly productive.
  • Good Things Take Time
    E39
    Good Things Take Time
  • Cape Sanctuary
    E40
    Cape Sanctuary

 

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